Best Date Ever

I went to Dating Site Guy's place after work last Friday night. We watched some British comedy series, laughed our asses off, and had dinner. Then we went to bed, made out (oh, we were making out off and on all night, of course), and even though we both wanted more, we agreed that we shouldn't do more just yet. We slept in the same bed with separate covers. 

He made me breakfast and then, after he played 3 songs on the guitar for me (swooooon), we got dressed and headed for Chicago. We were really relaxed and on our own time. Since he has a membership to the Shedd Aquarium, we got to walk past the queue outside in the cold rain. Went straight in and started exploring. Found a guy doing caricatures and he asked if I wanted one. So we both got one. We took pics on his phone of us wearing silly jellyfish hats, but we didn't get any pics together. We laughed and smiled so much, he even commented that his cheeks were sore. 

We also had a serious talk about not moving too fast. He said he wants me to know I'm cherished and respected before things get too intense.

I am SO smitten.

When I said we had all weekend, he said he was taking me away to Chicago. But then work said he had to leave town Sunday. he said, SCREW the prep stuff he needed to do and we went anyway. And he kept telling me how beautiful I am, sexy, and randomly he would say "How YOU doin'?" like Joey from Friends and I would burst into giggles---he liked doing that in the middle of making out. He would also tell me, randomly, that he likes me. When I said it, he looked me in the eye and said, "I know." It was very Star Wars.

He picked me up! Physically picked me up! I think, just to prove that he can!! He said, "why didn't you put your legs around my waist?" I said, "Uhhh, I was in shock?"

Tuesday night, I go from work again, and I'm hanging out while he works some. Since he doesn't have a specific schedule, he should only have a few calls to be a part of, we'll get time together. I'm going to bring my drawing stuff, and laundry. He was asking me to come over again and I said, well, I have to do laundry first, so I could come over Wednesday after. He got a pouty face going and then said I could use his machines.

He's not perfect, though I tend to dwell on the good things. But he and I click so well, we just...fit. 

It's a crazy thought, but I had one: what if the reason Dating Site Guy had to disappear was so that I could get things sorted out with Hates Cats. Unfortunately, that meant getting my hopes up and then having them dashed so bad that the crush I'd had for years died.  With those feelings gone, and anything residual that may have stuck, my heart was completely free and open for Dating Site Guy. It's an interesting theory, at least.